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DEA Issues Order to Ban Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16

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On August 24 the DEA announced an order to place mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16 on Schedule I of the federal list of controlled substances for a period of two years. The announcement in part said: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is issuing this temporary order to schedule three 7-hydroxymitragynine-related substances (mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and …

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DEA Emergency Scheduling of Mitragynine-Pseudoindoxyl Could Ban Kratom Containing Trace Amounts of the Molecule

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Notice #DEA-1571 (Federal Register Docket #2026-13581) intends to ban mitragynine pseudoindoxyl with no legal threshold that allows for naturally occurring trace amounts in drying kratom leaves. AKA asks comedian Joe Rogan for help. Two Notices of Intent related to kratom alkaloids were filed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on July 1, 2026. One, titled …

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FDA Study on Kratom Published

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A long-awaited kratom clinical study conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. The pilot study (defined as “a preliminary investigation designed to test the feasibility and design of a larger, more comprehensive study”) involved healthy adult participants who were administered an ascending dose of …

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URGENT! PA House Rep Wants to Ban Kratom in Pennsylvania

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If you do nothing else, please find your representative in the PA State House and tell them you want to keep kratom legal! https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/ Pennsylvania State Representative Scott Conkin announces his intention to introduce a bill to add kratom to the Schedule 1 list of controlled substances in the state. On Wednesday, April 10, Conklin …

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Kratom News: Science- and evidence-based articles (for a change) posted in popular websites; AKA to hold webinar on Kratom Consumer Protection bills

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In Kratom News this week, two websites popular for the average person to research health topics, Psychology Today and WebMD, have posted excellent articles about kratom this week. Usually with popular media, kratom is, at best, presented with the question “Deadly drug or miracle cure?” — one or the other, suggesting their readership or viewership …

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In Southeast Asia, Attitudes Toward Kratom Resemble Western Attitudes Toward Coffee

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I’ve been researching traditional and contemporary kratom use in Southeast Asia. Social attitudes toward the plant there are not very remarkable. They are about as remarkable as social attitudes in the West toward coffee, tea, or household medicine cabinet staples like aspirin, Benadryl, or Pepto Bismol. Even in regions of Malaysia and Thailand, where kratom …

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